If
she deny, Lord Hastings, go with him,
And
from her jealous arms pluck him
perforce.
-Duke of Buckingham
King Richard the Third Act
III, scene i Line 35
Today, not
only are we back at Richard III, we’re back in act three, scene one only
fifteen lines from where we were last month. In that post (9/10) we were
hearing from young Edward V who was entering London, assumedly to be crowned
king, and wondering where his mother and brother were. They were hiding,
because the mom know what was up with Richard’s plans for her two sons (not
good). Well we’ve only slid down fifteen lines and now we hear that Lord
Cardinal and Lord Hastings are going to be sent to go get that other brother
(apparently they don’t need the boys’ mother, the one with the jealous arms). The two boys, sons of the
king who just passed away, are going to be locked in the Tower of London and no
one will ever be seeing them again. In fact, there’s quite a few stories, maybe
legends, of exactly where these two ended up. Suffice it to say that their
gooses got cooked.
So, what’s
our take-away from this line? Get the kid and don’t take no for answer and use
force against the mother if you need to. And apparently Lord Hastings is the
strong arm here. Nice people, huh?
Well I’ve
been to this Tower of London place, not inside, but I’ve seen it from the
outside. We were in London for a few days and I ended up taking a real long
walk, through Hyde Park, past Buckingham Palace and Parliament, over the bridge
and past the London Eye, along the south bank of the Thames for a few miles,
back across the river on the Tower Bridge, and that got me to the Tower of
London. And it’s not a tower, it’s more of a fort. Maybe there’s a tower inside
the walls. But I didn’t go inside to pluck any kid from any jealous arms, so
I’m not sure if there’s really a tower or not. But I am pretty sure those kids are
not there these days. At least that’s what I hear.
3 comments:
Wait, is that the tower in the picture or not? I really want to go the tower but that doesn't look very grim like I expected.
No, it's not the tower, it's the Globe theater.
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